be under (someone's) wing

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be under (someone's) wing

To be protected, tutored, nurtured, or cared for by someone. I was nervous starting an internship at my uncle's company, but it definitely made it easier being under his wing.Our parents died when we were quite young, so my sister and I were under our grandmother's wing for most of our lives.

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